''Ramarao on Duty'' is a 2022 Indian

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written and directed by

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. Produced by SLV Cinemas and RT Team Works, it stars

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in title role alongside Divyansha Kaushik, Rajisha Vijayan (in her Telugu debut),

Chaitanya Krishna Chaitanya Krishna is an Indian actor who mainly works in Telugu cinema. Career After finishing his engineering from Sagi Rama Krishna Raju Engineering College (Bhimavaram), he worked in a MNC as a software engineer. His love towards acting ...

and

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. The plot follows Ramarao, an honest civil servant, who is on a mission to eradicate corruption to help the people struggling in poverty. The film began its production in July 2021 in

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with filming also taking place in

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. ''Ramarao on Duty'' was released theatrically on 29 July 2022, which received mixed to negative reviews from critics and ended up as a

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Premise

B. Ramarao, a deputy collector turned M.R.O posted at

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, begins to investigate the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend Malini's husband Surendra, where he learns about unsolved murder cases in the area and an illegal

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smuggling racket's connection with the murders.

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